Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Truncatelloidea > Family Vitrinellidae

Circulus Jeffreys, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cyclostrema Marryat, 1819

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lydiphnis*	Melvill, 1906	synonym
*Trochus (Circulus)*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym

Children

Circulus aemilii Rubio & Gofas, 2024
Circulus novemcarinatus (Melvill, 1906)
Circulus octoliratus (P. P. Carpenter, 1856)
Circulus striatus (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
Circulus supranitidus (S. V. Wood, 1848)

Literature

additional source	Oliver J.D. & Rolán E. (2011) The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the East Atlantic, 2. Circulinae. Iberus 29(1): 9-33.
additional source	Rubio, F. & Rolán, E. (2022). New species of Vitrinellidae (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from the Indo-Pacific. The genus Circulus Jeffreys, 1865. Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Santiago de Compostela. 422 pp.
additional source	Ponder, W. F. (1994). The anatomy and relationships of three species of vitrinelliform gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Hong Kong. In: The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Proceedings of the Third International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong (B. Morton, ed.), pp. 243-281. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 243-281.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Circulus Jeffreys, 1865. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137626